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Jeongyoon Han

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announces he's dropping out of the presidential race

Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, during an interview following the GOP primary presidential debate in September. He announced Monday he was dropping out of the race. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Republican Doug Burgum made it big as a successful businessman and investor, but switched careers when he became governor of North Dakota in 2016. He wanted to make a larger impact — not in the private sector, but politics. And he had his sights set on something even larger than the governor's mansion: the White House.

But that aspiration has come to an end.

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